;i : o 6 Mr. W A F E Ks Defiription 



dicate : For though the Men have Beards if 

 they would let them grow^ yet they always 

 have them rooted out : And the Women 

 are the Operators for all this Work 5 ufing 

 two little Sticks for that purpofe, between 

 which they pinch the Hair 5 and pluck it up. 

 But the Men upon fome occafions cut off the 

 Hair even of their Heads 5 it being a Cuftora 

 they have to do fo by way of Triumph,and as 

 a diftinguifhing Mark of Honour £o him 

 who has kill'd a Spaniard, or other Enemy. 

 He alfo then paints himfelf black (which is 

 not ufual upon any other occafion) conti- 

 nuing painted of this Colour till the firft 

 New-moon (as I remember) after the Faft 

 is done. 



Compiexi- Their Natural Complexion is a Copper- 

 - w# Colour, or Orange- tawney 5 and their Eye- 

 brows are naturally black as Jet. Theyufe 

 no Art to deepen the Colour either of their 

 Eye-brows, or the Hair of their Head 5 but 

 Anointing they daub it with Oil to make it {bine 5 for, 

 ^icmicivesii^ other Indians , they anoint themfelves 

 all over, whether for Beauty to make the 

 Skin fmooth and fleek, or to fupple it and 

 keep it from parching, or to hinder too 

 much Perfpiration in this hot Country , I 

 know not. 



white /«- There is one Complexion fo fingular a- 

 pans. mong a fort of People of this Country, 

 that I never faw nor heard of any like 

 them in any part of the World, The Ac- 

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